Britain, France, the United States and Italy have started construction of large aircraft carriers, but due to the 23,000-ton aircraft carrier displacement limit stipulated in the Washington Navy Treaty, the total tonnage of aircraft carriers in various countries has also limited the number of aircraft carriers they build.

The Japanese Navy is also restricted by the Washington Navy Treaty, and its main ship gross tonnage and aircraft carrier gross tonnage are less than that of Britain and the United States. This is an insurmountable red line for the joint restrictions of the Japanese Navy.

The treaty stipulates that the total tonnage of the Japanese Navy's main battleship is 315,000 tons. Previously, the joint fleet lost more than 240,000 tons of warships in the Pacific Navy. Inukatsu's cabinet approved the Japanese Navy to rebuild the joint fleet under domestic pressure. The huge shipbuilding case was allocated 400 million yen to launch the shipbuilding plan.

According to the new 88 Fleet Reconstruction Act submitted by the new Navy Minister Okaku Tenyoshi, the Japanese Navy will have eight super crossbow-type battleships, eight heavy cruisers, and more than 60 light cruisers, destroyers and other forces in the next two years to re-form the main force of the Japanese joint fleet.

In order to fight against the four large aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier battle group of the Tang Empire, the Japanese Navy will complete four large aircraft carriers in the next two years, with plans to be more than 25,000 tons. At the same time, considering that the Tang Empire may also expand the number of aircraft carriers during this period, the emergence of a large number of escort aircraft carriers by the Tang army has made the Japanese Navy even more crazy.

Therefore, in addition to building four large aircraft carriers, the Japanese Navy also converted the six heavy cruisers in service into aircraft carriers to offset the numerical advantage of the Tang army's main aircraft carriers in the next two years.

The total tonnage of Japanese naval aircraft carriers is limited to below 81,000 tons. The displacement of a single newly built aircraft carrier is limited to below 23,000. It is obvious that all four large aircraft carriers of the Japanese army exceeded the standard.

But the Japanese Navy didn't care about this at all, and the entire Japanese military was angry. He was beaten to the Tang army and had no power to fight back. His face was thrown on Mars. Apart from crazy expansion of military force and preparation for war, nothing else mattered.

However, Inukaishi's cabinet really doesn't have that much money to build ships for the navy, let alone rebuilding the 88 Fleet. The current Japanese economy has been on the verge of collapse after the economic crisis and terrorist attacks. There is no such much money to allocate to the navy at all. The army was also severely damaged when defeated in Shanghai, and it also asked for money from Inukaishi's cabinet. Inukaishi's cabinet repeatedly postponed additional funds.

The Japanese military was already crazy. Inukai Yi's cabinet repeatedly postponed the original funding and treasury bond issuance plan, which made the Japanese military very dissatisfied. In addition, Inukai Yi's cabinet was preparing to seek peace with the Tang Empire. It even planned to agree to the request of the Tang Empire. It ceded Taiwan and its affiliated islands, Ryukyu Islands, and southern islands to the Tang Empire and compensated the Tang Empire for 2 billion yen of military expenditure. This move aroused opposition from all over the country, and the Japanese military was even more furious. Finally, the Japanese military launched a May 15 coup.

The coup attacked the Prime Minister's residence, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Inner Minister Nobuo Nobuo, the Siriki Bank, the headquarters of the Massacre Association and the substations around Tokyo. Prime Minister Inukashi was killed. Due to the small scale of the coup, there was a lack of specific plans to establish a regime. In order to achieve his goal, the coup surrendered himself. During the trial, the military headquarters incited public opinion to exonerate the coup and used it to strengthen the right to rule. As a result, on May 26, the so-called "unity of the whole country" cabinet headed by Navy General Saito was established. The era of the party cabinet ended.

The establishment of the Saito Mi Cabinet marked the comprehensive path of fascist militarism in Japan's military, politics and economy. He fully implemented militarized control in economy, dispatched troops to massacre hundreds of thousands of mobs within two months, and completely controlled the situation. He refused to return the three northeastern provinces to China politically. At the same time, in order to get rid of the pressure from the international community such as Britain and the United States, he completely withdrew from the League of Nations. At the same time, he refused to recognize that the League of Nations transferred the management rights of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Marshall Islands, etc. to the Tang Empire, refused to negotiate peace with the Tang Empire, and rebuilt the joint fleet with the whole country, and vowed to defeat the Tang Empire to avenge the shame.

Japan is a country with relatively weak industrial foundation and scarce resources. Before the Battle of the Pacific Ocean, the imaginary enemy of the Japanese Navy was the United States. Considering that it is impossible to compete with the United States with a strong industrial foundation and rich resources in terms of the number of warships. The Japanese Navy predicted that the width of the battleship ships built by the U.S. Navy would be equipped with 406mm (16-inch) caliber naval guns due to the restrictions of the Panama Canal. According to its policy of "insufficient quantity and quality compensation" since the Meiji era, Japan attempted to offset the opponent's quantitative advantage with the quality advantage of a single ship. Under this idea, the Japanese Navy has always regarded the United States as its imaginary enemy since the Russo-Japanese War. It trial-produced a 460mm caliber naval gun in 1916 and manufactured a 480mm caliber artillery in 1920, with certain experience.

With the end of the Battle of the Pacific Ocean in Tang and Japan, the Japanese Navy suffered a devastating blow, and the Japanese Navy temporarily changed the imaginary enemy to the Tang Empire. Since all the main battleships of the joint fleet were sunk and the Japanese economy did not allow a long-term large-scale arms race, the Japanese Navy had to continue to pursue a policy of insufficient quantity and quality compensation. The Saito Mi Cabinet required a permanent defeat of the Tang Empire at one time. Therefore, if the Japanese Navy rebuilt the joint fleet, the mass of each main battleship must be greater than the world. Even after completely eliminating the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, it will still maintain an advantage over other European naval powers such as the United States for a long time.

Against this backdrop, the Japanese military command officially issued a new type of battleship design task to the Navy Shipbuilding Headquarters, requiring the equipment of more than 8 main guns of 460 mm caliber, 12 secondary guns of 155 mm caliber (four-seat triple-mounted), or 8 secondary guns of 200 mm (four-seat double-mounted), with a maximum speed of more than 30 knots. The hull defense armor can withstand the strikes of its own main gun at a distance of 20,000-35,000 meters.

The new ship is designed by Colonel Fukuda, the fourth part of the Shipbuilding Headquarters, and Lieutenant General Hiraga is responsible for technical guidance. Due to the urgency of time, the Japanese Navy faces a huge maritime threat from the Tang Empire. The design must be completed within three months and construction will start immediately after three months. Therefore, Keiji Fukuda has to be so tired that he vomits blood and has to complete the task.

Finally, after three months of hard work, Kiji Fukuda vomited blood for several liters, he finally took out the design drawings that satisfies the Japanese Navy.

The design standard displacement of the super crossbow-class battleship is 64,000 tons, with a length of 263 meters and a width of 38 meters. The speed is 28 knots, the endurance is 7,200 nautical miles/16 knots, the oil storage is 6,400 tons, equipped with 9 460 mm and 45 times the caliber main guns, 3 combined 3 seats, exceeding the gun caliber of the main battleships in Europe and the United States. 6 155 mm secondary guns, 3 combined 2 seats. 24 127 mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 12 seats dual-equipped, 1

56 25mm anti-aircraft guns, 3-mounted 45 seats, single-mounted 21 seats, 4 13.2mm machine guns, and dual-mounted 2 seats. Such a huge anti-aircraft gun is considered to be enough to shoot down any enemy aircraft that wants to get close to a battleship. The total armor weight is 22,895 tons. The main armor belt is as high as 410 mm, and the horizontal armor protection is strengthened, up to 270 mm, which is enough to withstand the bombing of the Tang army's 500-kilogram aviation bombs. It is considered an invincible existence.

The Japanese Navy was very satisfied with this design, but the cost budget was too high, up to 1 billion yen, equivalent to 500 million US dollars. Of course, this is the price before the yen depreciated, and with the current dilemma of Japan's finances, it can only be built by issuing additional banknotes to depreciate the yen, and it may eventually exceed 150 billion yen.

Fortunately, the Japanese Navy obtained a piece of news at this time that the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire announced the construction of four four super battleships, and their names and performance parameters were exposed in the report.

The Tang Empire publicly announced on the grounds of military transparency that it would build four super battleships in the local shipyard of the Tang Empire, namely the bb-1 Chiyou, the bb-2 Lizhu, the bb-3 Yinglong, and the bb-4 Kuafu.

The four ships belong to the first class. The data exposed by the news is that the displacement standard of a single ship is 45,000 tons, the length is 270.4 meters, the width is 33 meters, the draft is 10 meters, the speed is 31 knots, the oil carrier is 8,765 tons, the endurance is 20150 nautical miles/14 knots, and 15,900 nautical miles/17 knots. It is equipped with three triple 406 mm 50 times caliber main guns, 10 dual-equipped 127 mm 45 times caliber high-level dual-purpose guns, 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 60-80, 20 mm anti-aircraft guns 50-60, 3 seaplanes, 2 catapults, waterline armor 350 mm, and horizontal armor 287 mm.

The Tang Empire announced the construction of four super battleships in a high-profile manner, which really shocked the world. Seeing that the Tang army was still building battleships, the navies of various countries completely believed that the Tang army had previously said that the Japanese battleships were sunk only because their horizontal armor was too thin and their air defense firepower was too weak. Now, looking at the data of the Tang Empire's newly built super battleships, we can see that the Tang army focused on strengthening horizontal armor protection and air defense artillery.

Since the Tang army is still building battleships, it means that the battleships are still the overlords of the sea. The navies of various countries have repeatedly speculated about which of the stronger battleships or aircraft carriers. At this time, seeing the Tang army's actions, it is obvious that the battleships are still the main force at sea.

However, all countries have questioned the new round of shipbuilding operations of the Tang Empire, but unfortunately the Tang Empire is not restricted by the Washington Naval Treaty and the London Naval Treaty, and all countries cannot prevent the Tang Empire's navy from pursuing maritime hegemony.

After the Japanese Navy learned this news, they all breathed a sigh of relief, whether it was true or false. Even if the Tang army concealed the parameters of their battleships, it was far worse than the newly designed super crossbow-class battleships by the Japanese Navy. Since the Tang Empire only built four super battleships, the Japanese Navy, under funding pressure and shipbuilding capabilities, finally planned to build eight super crossbow-class battleships into four, namely the Yamato, Musashi, Shinono and Takara.

However, in order to avoid treaty sanctions, the Japanese Navy deliberately claimed that the main gun of the Yamato-class battleship was only 406 mm, the tonnage was only 400 million tons, and the speed was 28 knots.

At the same time, in response to the announcement of the construction of the Doukui-class aircraft carrier by the Tang Empire, the Japanese Navy announced the construction of four large Osumi-class aircraft carriers.

The Doukui-class aircraft carriers of the Tang Empire were Tianshu [cv-5], Tianquan [cv-6], Tianxuan [cv-7], and Tianji [cv-8]. The data released to the public were standard displacement of 30,000 tons, speed of 33 knots, deck length of 260 meters, and 100 aircraft carriers.

The Japanese Navy had previously had experience in designing and building the aircraft carriers of the Fengxiang, Akagi and Kaga. The displacement of the four newly built Osumi-class aircraft carriers was limited by the Washington Navy Treaty, and reaching 25,000 was the limit. No matter how big it was, it would be seen.

Four ships of the Osumi class were built at the same level, namely the Osumi, the Shin-Ou, the Guodong, and the Ome, with a design standard 25,000 tons, a direct flight deck, a length of 220 meters, a carrier 80 aircraft, and a speed of 33 knots.

When Zhang Meng, who was inspecting the Navy General Administration, learned that the Japanese Navy had started construction of four Yamato-class battleships, he not only did not have any worry expression, but was quite happy.

Xu Bangjie, chief designer of the General Administration of Shipbuilding and Navy Minister Li Haichen, couldn't help but smile at each other. They knew the truth and secretly challenged the Japanese devils to be fooled again this time.

It turned out that the Tang Empire announced the construction of four super battleships was fake, and the purpose was to continue to mislead the navies of various countries to develop money-burning machines like super battleships. The four ships Chiyou, Lizhu, Yinglong and Kuafu were indeed built according to the 50,000-ton super battleship standards, but only built the hull and turbine systems according to the standards of battleships, and would not build the main gun system. In the end, it would be a super-large aircraft carrier, and it would be the second-generation aircraft carrier on the oblique flight deck.

"I thought the Yamato would not appear, but unexpectedly it still appeared. It seems that since the age of mythology, being sunk by an aircraft carrier was your Yamato's fate!"
Chapter completed!